Treating Complex Cases of Arterial Disease: How to Reduce Risk for CV Events?

The goal of this activity is to provide clinicians who treat patients with arterial disease with the latest scientific data and guideline-based clinical concepts to optimize patient care.
 
Educational Partner: Medscape, LLC
 
Medium: Online Presentation
 
Commercial Support: Supported by an educational grant from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., administered by Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

Target Audience

This activity is intended for cardiologists, primary care providers, and nurses.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
  • Demonstrate improved performance associated with
    • Tailoring antithrombotic therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with comorbidities to reduce the risk for CV disease
    • Using appropriate antithrombotic therapy in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) to reduce the risk for arterial and limb events
    • Using effective, patient-centered strategies to improve management of CAD and PAD
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Medical Knowledge
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CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Medscape
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
CME@medscape.net
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Activity opens: 
07/30/2020
Activity expires: 
07/30/2021
FACULTY
Marc Bonaca, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of Vascular Research
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Executive Director; CPC Clinical Research
Aurora, Colorado

Kelley Robert Branch, MD, MS
Associate Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
COURSE REVIEWER
Matthew Sorrentino, MD, FACC, FAHA
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
Department of Medicine
Section of Cardiology
University of Chicago Medicine
 
 

Disclosure Declarations
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Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Accreditation Statements

Developed through a collaboration between the University of Chicago Medicine and Medscape Education.
 
Physician credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professions Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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